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177s. in an in ft ant; and, for their fecurity, they defired us to lit 
down - 
The arrows were pointed either with bone or ftone; but 
very few of them had barbs; and fome had a round blunt 
point. What ufe thefe may be applied to, I cannot fay; 
unlefs it be to kill fmall animals, without damaging the 
Ikin. The bows were fuch as we had feen on the Ame¬ 
rican coaft, and like thofe ufed by the Efquimaux. The 
fpears, or fpontoons, were of iron or fteel, and of European 
or Aiiatic workmanfhip ; in which no little pains had been 
taken to ornament them with carving, and inlayings of 
brafs, and of a white metal. Thofe who ftood ready with 
bows and arrows in their hands, had the fpear flung over 
their right fhoulder by a leathern ftrap. A leathern quiver, 
flung over their left fhoulder, contained arrows; and fome 
of thefe quivers were extremely beautiful; being made of 
red leather, on which was very neat embroidery, and other 
ornaments,. 
Several other things, and, in particular, their clothing, 
the wed that they were poflefled of a degree of ingenuity, far 
furpafling what one could expect to find amongft fo North¬ 
ern a people. All the Americans we had feen, ftnce our 
arrival on that coaft, were rather low of ftature, with round 
chubby faces, and high cheek-bones. The people we now 
were amongft, far from refembling them, had long vifages, 
and were ftout and well made. In ftiort, they appeared to 
be a quite different nation. We faw neither women, nor 
children of either fex; nor any aged, except one man, who 
was bald-headed; and he was the only one who carried no 
arms. The others feemed to be picked men, and rather un¬ 
der than above the middle age. The old man had a black 
mark acrofs his face, which I did not fee in any others. 
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